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Obama Overhaul Should Provide Better Investor Protection

But don’t expect regulatory reform of the financial industry anytime soon…

The Obama Administration has provided Congress with a proposed overhaul of financial industry regulations that is sweeping in its coverage to say the least, the most serious attempt to protect investors since the 1930’s, but guaranteed to have Wall Street and its powerful friends taking up arms against it.

And there’s more than enough in it to have Wall Street fighting back – much as they did with the reforms proposed in the 1930’s, after the 1929 crash.

Before the Securities and Exchange Act was finally passed in 1934, Sam Rayburn,…

22Jun2009 | Street Smart Report | 1 comment | Continued
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